The Last Page
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14UNITED STATESPOEM
Sanvi
4/29/20261 min read
I slow down
near the end of a book,
as if reading carefully enough
can stop the final page.
It cannot.
The story closes.
Still, for a while,
I carry its people
into ordinary places—
the kitchen,
the bus,
my dreams.
Maybe endings
are only where a book
stops doing the carrying.